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I took lessons for about 6 months, when I first started playing.
It was very frustrating, and some licks I found impossible.
My guitar instructor told me that practice mackes perfect, so I doubled up on the practice time, and was still very frustrated.
My instructor told me that no one is perfect, so....

I quit practiciing...

What price range are you looking at, southrnrocker?

You can get a very good quality Takamine for under 1000.00, nice guitars in the mid range.
Best advice is to go to a guitar shop and experiment with what's available in your area and in your price range, pick the one that sounds and feels the best to you. A guitar's price does not always measure its quality.

I took lessons for a few months, way back when.
I got frustated with my lack of progress, and my instructor said "Practice make perfect"
So, a few months later, I was still frustrated and the instructor said: "Nobody's perfect"
So, I quit practicing...

(Ba-da-boom)

Already redid the playlist for solo, but it's a damn shame, there were some great songs I had to drop.

I dabble at painting, oils and acrylics. In my canoe tripping days, I learned acrylic painting because oil paintings don't survive canoe travel well. I paint acrylic on birch-bark landscapes.

I also write, mostly poetry, but also short stories and novelettes, although I haven't had much published. I also love cooking and meal preparation.

I guess I like to experiment with creativity, which, I suppose, is fairly common amongst musicians. With music, like standup comedy, the feedback is instantaneous and sometimes brutal, but always appreciated. Nothing like applause to lift you up!

I used to own an Ovation, and it the slim neck makes the action and playability amazing, but when unplugged, I always despised that "muddy" sound. I currently gig with a Cort semi, 3/4 sized guitar, and while it's action is not quite a slick as the Ovation, the electronics are the equal or superior to the Ovation, IMHO, and there is no comparison whatever acoustically. The Cort is superior when unplugged, and equal to the Ovation in electronics. The Ovation has a thinner neck, but the Cort is amazingly playable.

On the whole, a good quality Cort semi will run 3-600, and you'll pay much more for the Ovation, I believe. Canadian prices.

ELO - Sweet Talkin' Woman
Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
Zep - Immigrant Song
Beatles - Revolution (both versions)
CCR - Down on the Corner

Tuning a 12 is no big deal - tune it up like a six string, go back and match the harmonic strings, piece of cake - 5 minutes or so - and it does hold its tuning forever...

Kind of a long story, but many years ago, I played bass in a Rock n Roll band (mid-60's) I was about 15 years old, fresh from the backwoods of northern Ontario, and playing my first paid gig. Just before our first break, I did my first solo singing, a song called "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying", a real torcher. 
We did it acoustictly, no amps, just a guitar, acoustic bass and tamla/bongos. A nice arrangement. The audience consisted of nursing school graduates, celebrating their completion of training, about 150 nurses.
So, there I was, under a blue spot, emoting like mad with the song. When it ended, we bowed and got some great applause, but mixed with the applause, there were little plastic thingies pelting the stage. I looked back to see our drummer on his hands and knees, scooping up the plastic and filling his shirt pockets.
I turned to the lead guiarist, and asked why they were pelting the stage. I was told that I would find out during the break. The little plastic thingies were room keys, and I didn't get it at all. When it was explained to me, I was mortified; after the break we were to perform "Yesterday", same set up. I was unable to make eye contact with the audience, and was really embarrassed at the "attention". I was truly a babe in the woods.

Two years and about 1000 gigs later, I had lost my "shyness".

I can still remember my flushed cheeks that night, though.

No idea about tabs, but try this linky: http://tunings.pbworks.com/w/page/22530 … que-guitar

Take several medium to large trout or salmon filets, with the skin on. Put olive oil on the skin side, seaon with sea salt, pepper, fresh dill and top with 3-4 thin lemon slices. Put the filets on the grill, skin side down, and cook at around 350 for about 15-20 minutes. Don't turn em over.
Genlty, using an oversized spatula, lift them off the grill. If the skin sticks to the grill, bonus, you don't have to peel it off before serving. Serve with a German-style potato salad, some fresh tomatoes or a tomato/cuke/red onion salad on the side. Yummy.

A variation is to "plank" the salmon. Get a 1x6 cedar plank or two (one for each filet), long enough to lay the filets on. Soak the plank in water for several hours prior to grilling - a tub and some rock to weigh them down help. Lay the filets on the soaked planks, and follow the above instructions. I personally am not too fond of planked salmon, but many in Canada swear by it.